Improvement in cases for bottles



H. H. & B. HARTMANN.

Case for Bottles.

No; 215,353. Patented May 13, 1819.

NPETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON D C.

box containing bottles.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUBERT H. HARTMANN AND BERN HARD HARTMANN, OF BELLEVILLE, ILL.

IMPROVEMENT IN CASES FOR BOTTLES.

$pecification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,353, dated May 13,1879; application filed March 31, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HUBERT H. HART- MANN and BERNHARD HARTMANN, both ofBelleville, in the county of St. Clair and State of 11linois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cases for Bottles, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

Our improvement consists in frames fitted removably within a case, andconstructed to hold the bottles asunder, as shown.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an isometric perspective view illustratingour invention. Fig. 2 is a detail top view, showing a corner of the Fig.3 is a perspective view of a block-frame removed from the case. Thepacking-blocks in this frame are made of larger dimensions than thoseshown in Figs. 1 and 2, to adapt them to the packing of square bottles.

A is the case. This maybe made of any desired form and size. As shown,it will contain twelve bottles in three rows of four each standin gupright.

The packing-frames are made the full inside length or width of the box,that there will be no end play. These frames consist of a number ofpacking-blocks, B, attached to a number of connecting bars or strips, 0,at top and bottom. These blocks have the proper size and form to occupythe spaces between the bottles, so as to hold the bottles from movingand to prevent the contact of one bottle with another. So that thepacking-blocks fulfill these ofices, they may vary in shape to anyextent.

Indeed, bottles of various forms would demand a modification in the formor size of the blocks. For instance, it is obvious that the blocks shownin Figs. 1 and 2 would not be suitable for square bottles, whereas byincreasing their size, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to occupy one-half thetransverse sectional area of the case, rectangular spaces would be leftbetween the blocks, suited for the reception of bottles of square orother forms.

It will be obvious that one packing-frame on each side will be made flatupon one side, to fit the flat inside of the case. The other frames aremade to fit a row of bottles on each side.

The packing-frames are shown and described as placed vertically in thecase; but it is obvious that they will answer an equally good purpose ifplaced horizontally-that is, occupying the position they would if thecase was laid down on one of its sides.

The packing-blocks have been shown of angular form in the illustrationbut we do not confine ourselves to any precise form or size.

D is a plate extending from the inner face of the lid at right angleswith the same, and which, when the lid is closed, bears upon the top ofthe packing-frames and holds them down in position, said platesoccupying space between the necks of bottles.

I We claim as our invent-ion The case A, provided with packing-frames BG, for the purpose set forth.

HUBERT H. HARTMANN.

, BERNHARD HARTMANN.

Witnesses:

SAML. KNIGHT, GEO. H. KNIGHT.

